St. Louis – One day after saying the condition of its leading goal scorer had improved, the Avalanche this morning sent right wing Marek Svatos back to Denver for further tests on his ailing right shoulder.

Svatos, who leads Colorado with 32 goals and the NHL with nine game-winning goals, has an undisclosed injury to the shoulder, suffered in Saturday’s game in Dallas.

He flew to Denver Tuesday morning and will be examined by team doctor, Andrew Parker. Avalanche coach Joel Quenneville said he did not know the extent of Svatos’ injury, but cautioned against jumping to conclusions.

“We feel he’s made some progress the last two days, but want to make sure by having him seen (in Denver),” Quenneville said, prior to tonight’s game in St. Louis.

Svatos will not play tonight, and Quenneville said it is a possibility he will remain in Denver through the week, which would cause him to miss Thursday’s game in Chicago.

Svatos has had surgery on his left shoulder, missing most of the 2003-04 season because of it, and is believed to have suffered a prior injury to the right shoulder.

“It puts a little more pressure on some guys to step up,” left wing Alex Tanguay said. “We don’t have as many weapons as we used to. Hopefully, it’s nothing serious with (Svatos).”

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